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FMEA Can Add Value in Various Project Stages

Although it is typically taught in the Improve stage of training, the
FMEA has a place in other phases as well. But before practitioners
can gain varied benefits from the tool, they must first be clear on
how to use it.

FMEA: Preventing a Failure Before Any Harm Is Done

When designing a safe healthcare environment, a proactive
approach is far preferable to a reactive approach. FMEA can help
eliminate concerns early in the development of a process by
prospectively analyzing for potential failure points.

FMEA: Tool for Process Documentation and Discovery

While the name of the failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA)
concentrates on how a process fails, the real objective is to
concentrate on assessing the effects and viable process controls for
the root causes related to any given failure mode.

How to Create a Successful FMEA Program

If one or two FMEAs can produce exceptional results, imagine the
benefits possible if use of the technique were expanded
enterprise-wide. Learn how best to manage this expansion and get
tips for making each FMEA project successful.

Making the Case for FMEA in Managing Software

Projects
A well-documented failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) with

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robust action plans and implementation can help an organization

avoid rework in software projects. FMEA can isolate weak steps,
where things may go wrong and where to focus improvements.

Minimizing Risks: How to Apply FMEA in Services

FMEA, which has become widespread among Six Sigma
practitioners, is a system for analyzing the design of a product or
service system to identify potential failures, then taking steps to
counteract or at least minimize the risks from those failures.

Process Maps and FMEA Help Prepare Utility for

Disaster
Six Sigma contains many tools that can be used to improve
processes and prevent failures, regardless of whether the full
DMAIC roadmap is used. Two tools, process maps and the failure
mode and effects analysis (FMEA), were applied in this case study.

Supplement FMEA with a Risk Priority Matrix for Better

Results
In the classic FMEA model, mitigation activities are prioritized
based on the calculated risk priority number. But FMEA doesn't
account for interdependent risks, or mitigation actions that can
affect multiple risks. Learn a method for overcoming these
limitations.

Use a Modified FMEA to Mitigate Project Risks

In order to prevent risks from happening, or at least to be prepared
when they occur, team members should assess the key risks of any
project and make a plan to address them. A FMEA chart is a helpful
tool in tracking these risk-mitigation efforts.

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